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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 169
AT MARBLE QUARRIES. TATE, GA.
"I believe that we are going to have some new citrus fruits de
veloped very soon that will be of great commercial value for
growing in this section of the State. I have a large Satsuma
orange tree in my yard that stood the hardest freeze that we
have had in years, immediately following a long warm spell, and
it was not injured to any appreciable extent, only the tips of a
few small twigs being nipped. This was in the Fall of 1914.
Last winter there was no injury to any of my trees by cold, not
even to the Parson Brown orange, which now has on it seven nice
fruit that are about ready to ripen.
"I have on my home place also seven or eight different varieties
of paper-shell pecans; two varieties of English walnuts; three
varieties of Japanese persimmons; two varieties of filberts; two
varieties of grafted chestnuts and various ordinary fruits such as
figs, peaches, plums and pears. I believe that I grow the most
perfect peaches that I ever saw—free from worms and of fine
quality. We had the ordinary annual crops of cantaloupes, wa
termelons, strawberries, sugarcane, etc., all on this home lot over
which you walked with me a few days ago."
It is gratifying to
note that Georgia has
at last put on its stat
ute books ft bill provid
ing for compulsory edu
cation. There are now
only one or two other
states that have not
some form of compul
sory education law, and
while the Georgia law
is somewhat elastic, it
is at least the first step
toward the much desir
ed standard. It is es
timated that the new
law will put into the
schools not less than
50,000 children, who for
various reasons, have
heretofore been totally
deprived of an educa
tion of any form. Strict
enforcement of the law
is confidently expected
and further and more
stringent laws will fol
low rapidly.